forest fire
"forest-fire" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“forest fire” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A fire, often large, that consumes a forest or woodland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-forest-fire · forest fire · English
forest fire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forest fire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “forest fire” in English
Rare enough to double-check
forest fire is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A fire, often large, that consumes a forest or woodland.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for forest fire in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is forest fire, spelled F-O-R-E-S-T- -F-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1A fire, often large, that consumes a forest or woodland.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how forest fire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If the forest fire is not contained soon the town will be at risk!
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.